When sailing, I find it awkward to uncleat the line to the sail. I have to raise my arm pretty high. Then, I have to keep my arm high to keep it uncleated. My shorter friend in another AI is finding it even more awkward. Has anyone moved the cam cleat somewhere else to make the whole thing more comfortable?

KB- I can see why you all changed the reefing line cam cleat, especially for a TI. For the mainsheet, I need the cam cleat lower than the cross bar. Along the top of the gunnel, just forward of the mesh pocket would be my 1st choice but it's busy with UP lines.

1 hour later, after discussing your post. Yes, the Harken wedge will work if we reverse the wedge for our mainsheet cam cleat. That way, we're pulling down to cleat, and straight back to uncleat. Now we need to pay attn to the length of those screws. Thanks for your help as always!.

(BTW, the spray skirt is working great! I have to install it on the new red AI. I'm leaving all the hardware for it on the papaya AI I'll be selling as soon as I figure out how to post pics on this forum-agh!)

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Last edited by sailhoky on Sun May 26, 2013 11:55 am, edited 1 time in total.

Tom, yes I saw in some others posts that you had done that but I find it a bit tiring to grip the main sheet all the time. It's always in my hand, just not gripped. And if I need to uncleat in a hurry, I want the cam cleat, not a regular cleat. (BTW, I follow your mods on the forum- very enlightening.)

KB, thanks. When I put the screw through the top of the cam cleat and then down thru the wedge, the angle changes on the screw so I can't drop the screw straight down thru the base and then into the aka brace. What am I doing wrong?

BTW, I sold my AI before I could even gets pics posted to forum. Thx for the link to the pic posting instructions though!

KB, thanks. When I put the screw through the top of the cam cleat and then down thru the wedge, the angle changes on the screw so I can't drop the screw straight down thru the base and then into the aka brace. What am I doing wrong?

Try the smaller wedge, and try flipping the wedge over. I don't remember having (or hearing others having) that problem. You only want to change the angle a little bit.

Hoky, I tried that too and it would have required me tapping it at a new angle (or better yet, making new holes) so I abandoned the wedge and we went with Harken's extreme angle fairlead and longer screws instead. Just another way to approach this,..